Written by

SCOTT KEELER
The Greenville (S.C.) News

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- While the Furman University football team is still pumped up by its 27-10 win over rival Appalachian State on Saturday, that wasn't the reason for the raucous practice the Paladins held Tuesday evening.

The noise players were generating had a purpose. It was to help the team get a small dose of the atmosphere it will enter when Furman visits Louisiana State for the first time.

After eight years as an assistant at Vanderbilt, Furman coach Bruce Fowler is well aware of what a Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La., is like. ...